Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
| Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of | Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet |
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Deputy | Shadow Solicitor General |
The shadow attorney general for England and Wales is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the attorney general for England and Wales and develop alternative policies. The shadow attorney general is not a member of the Shadow Cabinet, but attends its meetings.[1]
The shadow attorney general is deputised by the shadow solicitor general.
List of shadow attorneys general
[edit]| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 
|
15 July 1955 | 27 November 1956 | Labour | Attlee | |
| Gaitskell | ||||||
| Frank Soskice | 
|
27 November 1956 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | ||
| Brown | ||||||
| Wilson | ||||||
| John Hobson |
|
16 October 1964 | 4 December 1967 | Conservative | Douglas-Home | |
| Heath | ||||||
| Peter Rawlinson |
|
April 1968[2] | 19 June 1970 | Conservative | ||
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|
19 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Wilson II | |
| Peter Rawlinson |
|
4 March 1974 | 20 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath II | |
| Michael Havers |
|
20 March 1974[3] | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | ||
| Thatcher | ||||||
| Samuel Silkin |
|
4 May 1979 | 14 July 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | |
| John Morris | 
|
14 July 1979 | 24 November 1981 | Labour | ||
| Foot | ||||||
| Peter Archer |
|
24 November 1981 | 24 November 1982 | Labour | ||
| Arthur Davidson |
|
24 November 1982 | 9 June 1983 | Labour | ||
| John Morris |
|
9 June 1983 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | ||
| Kinnock | ||||||
| Smith | ||||||
| Beckett | ||||||
| Blair | ||||||
| Nicholas Lyell |
|
2 May 1997 | 19 June 1997 | Conservative | Major | |
| Edward Garnier | 
|
19 June 1997 | 13 September 2001 | Conservative | Hague | |
| Bill Cash | 
|
14 September 2001 | 6 November 2003 | Conservative | Duncan Smith | |
| Dominic Grieve | 
|
6 November 2003 | 8 September 2009 | Conservative | Howard | |
| Cameron | ||||||
| Edward Garnier |
|
8 September 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | ||
| The Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 
|
11 May 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Harman | |
| Miliband | ||||||
| Emily Thornberry | 
|
7 October 2011 | 3 December 2014 | Labour | ||
| The Lord Bach | 
|
3 December 2014 | 14 September 2015 | Labour | ||
| Harman II | ||||||
| Catherine McKinnell | 
|
14 September 2015 | 11 January 2016 | Labour | Corbyn | |
| Karl Turner | 
|
11 January 2016 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | ||
| Vacant | 26 June 2016 | 6 October 2016 | ||||
| The Baroness Chakrabarti | 
|
6 October 2016 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | ||
| The Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 
|
6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 | Labour | Starmer | |
| Emily Thornberry |
|
29 November 2021 | 5 July 2024 | Labour | ||
| Jeremy Wright | 
|
8 July 2024 | 6 November 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | |
| The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar |
|
6 November 2024 | Incumbent | Conservative | Badenoch | |
References
[edit]- ^ "His Majesty's Official Opposition". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Robert Malcolm Punnett (1973). Front-bench opposition; the role of the Leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British politics. London. pp. 458–467. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Heath Names 13 For Front Bench". The Glasgow Herald. 21 March 1974. p. 30. Retrieved 8 May 2025.